The date of Chinese Moon Festival (a.k.a. Mid-autumn
Festival) is on the 15th moon day of 8th Chinese lunar month (Chicken month).
The
new moon day is the first day of a Chinese Lunar Month. Since the first day of 8th lunar month
is 9-04-2005, the Moon Festival is on 9-18-2005in
China time zone. But the Moon Festival is on 9-17-2005
in USA time zones, since the new moon day is on 9-03-2005.

Time Zone

Longitude

New Moon Date & Time

The 15th moon day

Full Moon Date & Time

China

East 120

09-04-05 02:45 a.m.

09-18-05

09-18-05 10:02 a.m.

EST (USA)

West 75

09-03-05 13:45 p.m.

09-17-05

09-17-05 21:02 p.m.

PST (USA)

West 120

09-03-05 10:45 a.m.

09-17-05

09-17-05 18:02 p.m.

Time is the standard time, not the day-light saving time.

Year 2005, the Chinese Moon Festival is on the full moon day. The full moon time is in the morning
in China. The full moon time is in at night in USA. That means people in USA can enjoy to watch the full moon while eating moon cakes in the night of the Chinese Moon Festival.

The Moon Festival is a holiday in China. It's an
occasion for family reunion. Chinese families like to get together to eat the moon cakes
and watch the moon at the Moon Festival night. For the people are out of town or for
Chinese are from China stay in USA, they miss their family or the lover at home and
share the same moon at the night of the Moon Festival before the Internet gets
popular.

Click here to read the legendary stories of the Moon Festival and Moon Cake.